UKAEA, whose half-dozen sites include Dounreay in the north of Scotland, will use the agency to ‘develop the organisation’s profile on CSR and its

image as a whole’, said deputy head of comms Andy Munn. It is keen to improve communication to local MPs and other policy-makers about its programme of converting previously radioactive sites into business parks .

Munn said it is also putting more weight behind ‘fusion research’ to develop environmentally friendly energy sources.